"Luke" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:10:30 -0700, nospambob
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Search found it but it's discontinued. Will try red pepper flakes.
Vines are about 4' tall and are staked.
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Critter Gitter seems to be available he
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/unique-9/crittergitter.html

My Google search turned up a couple other sources, too, some the same
price, some more expensive.

The plants are too big now for a tomato cage, I suppose, but I wonder
if staking around the plants and making a cage of chicken wire, or
finer like mechanics wire, would keep possums off. Sorry, but my only
experience with a possum was trying to get one out of the garage late
one night. Nasty thing.

If the branches rest on fine wire, they may get sliced as they rub back &
forth. Not that it matters - most tomato plants are so robust by this time
of the season that they'd probably withstand a napalm attack. Losing a few
branches won't matter much.